English Explanatory Dictionary

bolk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To belch.
  2. To vomit; retch.
  3. To heave.
  4. To gush out.
  5. To belch out; give vent to; ejaculate.

Word forms

bolk bolks bolking bolked boke bock boak bouk bowk

Etymology

From Middle English bolken, balken (“to vomit, overflow”), from Old English bealcian (“to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out, give forth, emit, come forth”), from Proto-Germanic *balkōną, *belkaną (“to belch”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Dutch balken, bulken (“to bellow”), German bölken (“to roar”). See also belch.

Related words

boak
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